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The academy will be at 6 p.m. each Tuesday for the next eight weeks. It will cover many aspects of law enforcement, including police procedure and policy, basic firearms, law, officer survival and a ride-along upon academy completion.

Applications are available at the police station at 130 Pansy Hill Road.

The first checkpoint will be from 9 to 10 p.m. April 6 on Hwy. 27 at the Morgan County line.

Another checkpoint is planned from 1 to 2 p.m. April 20 at Hwy. 70 and Poland Hollow Road.

Recognizing the danger presented to the public by unqualified drivers, troopers will concentrate their efforts on vehicles being operated by drivers who would violate the driver license laws of `Tennessee.

Downtown visitors who park in the vicinity of the old courthouse had best watch the signs in the weeks and months to come.

Kingston City Council moved in March to simplify much of the area parking by changing several blocks to one-hour zones.

According to Kingston Police Chief Jim Washam, the problem has been that the zone in question offers such a patchwork of parking — 15-minute spots, 30-minute spots, as well as one- and two-hour spots — that police often have trouble keeping tabs on violators.

Tracie Graham started her now lucrative business Sophie’s Choice so she could stay home with her pride and joy and company namesake Sophie Graham Cooley.

“I was an older mom and I was looking for something to do so I could hang out with her,” Graham said. “I wanted to spend as much time with her as I could. She would play and I would just mix stuff up.”